# dziedāt
## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *geyd-, from Proto-Indo-European *gēy-, *goy-, *gī- (“to sing, to call, to shout”) with an extra -d. Originally, dziedāt was an iterative-intensive form of an earlier verb, either *gīst (< *gī-d-ti; cf, Lithuanian pra-gýsti), or *giet (< *gie- < *gēy-, from which also dziesma (“song”)).
Cognates include Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”), pragýsti (“to begin to sing”), gáida, gaidà (“melody; singer”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (Old East Slavic гаяти (gajati, “to croak, to caw”), Russian dialectal га́ять (gájatʹ, “to yawn; to speak, to shout, to make noise; to swear, to yell at someone; to drive animals by shouting”)), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), गाति (gā́jati, gā́ti, “to sing”), गीत (gī́ta, “having sung”), Tocharian A kāk (“he called”), Tocharian B kāka (“he called”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dziɛ̂dâːt]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

dziedāt (transitive or intransitive, 3rd conjugation, irregular, present dziedu, dziedi, dzied, past dziedāju)
* to sing (to use one's voice to produce musical sounds)
    dziedāt klusā balsī ― to sing in a soft voice
    dziedāt divbalsīgi ― to sing in two voices
    meitene labi dzied ― the girl sings well
    mācīties dziedāt ― to learn to sing
    dziedot dzimu, dziedot augu, dziedot mūžu nodzīvoju ― singing I am born, singing I grow, singing I live (my) life
* to sing (to reproduce a song with one's voice)
    dziedāt tautas dziesmas ― to sing folk songs
    protams, Šūberta dziesmas jādzied vienkārši; melodijai jāplūst dabīgi ― of course, one must sing Schubert's songs in a simple way; the melody must flow naturally
* to sing (to practice a vocal art; to participate in a singing group, to play a singing role in a musical performance)
    dziedāt operas teātrī ― to sing an opera in the theater
    dziedāt pašdarbības kolektīvā ― to sing in an amateur group
    dziedāt koncertā, korī, izrādē ― to sing in a concert, choir, show
    dziedāt titullomu operas izrādē ― to sing the title role in an opera performance
* (in 3rd person; of certain birds, insects) to sing (to produce sounds, often melodious sounds, typical of its species)
    gailis dzied ― the rooster crows (lit. sings)
    viens putniņš zara galā dzied ― one little bird is singing at the end of a branch
    kur klusā naktī lakstīgalas dzied, tur klausīties man labprāt tīkas iet ― where in the silent night the nightingales sing, there I would love to go listen
    “circenis!” bērni sāka čukstēt: “circenis dzied!” ― “crickets!” the children began whispering: “the crickets are singing”
* (in 3rd person; of musical instruments, or other sources of sound) to sing (to produce a musical, melodious sound)
    maigi dzied vijole ― the violin sings softly
    vējš dzied skurstenī ― the wind sings in the chimney
    žžž... žžž... šujmašīnas dzied savu darba dziesmu ― žžž... žžž... the sewing machines are singing their work song
* (poetic) to sing (to write, to recite poetry)
    dzejnieks dzied par tām pašām vecām lietām: par dabu un mīlestību ― the poet sings about those same old things: nature and love

#### Derived terms

    prefixed verbs:
* aizdziedāt
* apdziedāt
* atdziedāt
* iedziedāt
* izdziedāt
* nodziedāt
* padziedāt
* pārdziedāt
* piedziedāt
* sadziedāt
* uzdziedāt
    other derived terms:
* dziedājums
* dziedātājs, dziedātāja
* dziedonis, dziedone

#### Related terms

* dziesma

### References

* ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dziedāt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎ (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN